Hi Zhenlei,
> Since it is just for physical devices, may I propose to have the driver name > in their groups ? > > So an if_ure interface ue0 will look like: > > ``` > ue0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 > mtu 1500 > > options=60009b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> > > ether 00:e0:4c:xx:xx:xx > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) > > status: active > +++ groups: ure > nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > > ``` > > That does not include the unit number. But could be useful to quickly get the > driver name of physical devices. > Given that currently on FreeBSD the easiest way to tell if something is a physical device is by checking the *absence* of groups, this would only really be acceptable if we add an "egress" group like OpenBSD does, in addition to the driver name. If we can't do that, then I think Mike's solution with having the driver (and unit) as a separate category would be preferable. Unrelatedly, I don't see anything in ure(4) mentioning that if_ure devices will be named "ue". Don't we usually document such deviation from the norm? Kind regards, Mina
